Nature's Miracle Orphans

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Nature's Miracle Orphans: Series 2: Episode 3: Santino & Shelley

Manji and Mandi

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Episode 3: Santino & Shelley

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Santino & Shelley

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Lucy helps a cheetah learn to hunt so that she can be released back into the wild.

Documentary. An orphaned baby monkey must find his place in a troop, and a cheetah must learn to hunt so that she can be released back into the wild.

In Costa Rica, Patrick meets Santino, a baby howler monkey who was rescued after being kept by children as a pet. Carer Dexter helps him find his place in a wild monkey troop. 

In South Africa, Lucy meets Shelley the cheetah, who was hand-reared after being rejected by her mum. Carer Christo must train her to hunt like a wild cheetah before he can set her free.

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